1 There are different kinds of clouds. When you see a cloud, you are seeing water in the air. Clouds can be big. Clouds can be small. Clouds are blown about by the wind. Sometimes clouds cover the whole sky with a blanket of gray. Some clouds look like puffy heaps of fluffy white cotton. You see these clouds when the weather is fine and the sky is blue. These clouds have funny names! They are cumulus (cue-mew-luss) clouds. "Cumulus" comes from the Latin word for "heap." A heap of something is a rounded pile. These clouds were named for their rounded shapes with flat bottoms. Cumulus clouds, like most clouds, are made of tiny drops of water. (Some clouds .....For the complete story with questions: click here for printable